This award recognizes the accomplishments of an exceptional trader and educator; someone who has helped grow the trading industry through their dedication and commitment. We realize that our business would not exist if it was not for the hard work and dedication of the recipients of this award as well as the many others who have gone before us, work beside us, and continue to grow this industry.

The Traders' Hall of Fame

Steve NisonFall 2011

Steve Nison is uniquely qualified to educate you on the opportunities candlestick charts present to today's markets. As a renowned author and speaker, he has the distinction of being the first to reveal candlesticks charts to the Western world. Mr. Nison has authored three acclaimed books including Japanese Candlestick Charting Technique. His books have been translated into ten languages and are considered the Bibles of Candlesticks.

Chuck LeBeauFall 2010

Chuck is a recognized expert in technical analysis and has lectured extensively to thousands of investors at numerous investment conferences throughout the world. He has been a consultant for the Bank of China, Citigroup and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority where he trained their currency traders in technical analysis and using computers to monitor and analyze the direction of the currency markets.

Richard ArmsFall 2008

Richard W. Arms, Jr., is a financial consultant to institutional investors and a private portfolio manager based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a noted expert in the field of technical and market analysis, the 1995 winner of the prestigious Market Technicians Award, and the author of several best selling books and articles on his ground breaking theories in volume analysis and market forecasting. His Short-Term Trading Index, or TRIN has become one of the most important technical tools on Wall Street, and is flashed once a minute on CNBC.

Price HeadleyFall 2007

Price Headley was inducted into the Traders' Hall of Fame in 2007 and is the founder of BigTrends.com, which provides investors with specific real-time stock and options strategies and investment education to profit from significant market trends.
Price appears regularly on CNBC, Fox News and Bloomberg Television, and in a variety of print and online financial news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily and USA Today. Price also speaks regularly to investment audiences nationwide.

Martin PringSpring 2007

Demanded as a speaker worldwide, he is the author of several outstanding books including, Introduction to Technical Analysis, Martin Pring on Market Momentum, and Technical Analysis Explained, now in its fourth edition. Since this unique book first appeared in 1979, Technical Analysis Explained has established itself as the number one guide of its kind. It is used by several international technical societies for training and is one of the three main books for Level 1 CMT certification for the Market Technicians Association. Translated into over 10 languages, the book is, as quoted in Forbes, “widely regarded as the standard work for this generation of chartists.”

George FontanillsSpring 2006

George Fontanills is one of the world’s most respected traders and one of the most sought-after advisors to top financial institutions and trading firms. But he was by no means an overnight success. Fontanills learned the art and science of trading the markets the hard way–through a difficult and costly series of trials and errors. One of the most important lessons his early trading experiences taught him was that the first job of every novice trader is to acquire as thorough an education as possible about the ins and outs of the markets.

Bernie SchaefferFall 2004

In 1981, Bernie Schaeffer founded Schaeffer's Investment Research and began writing "Bernie Schaeffer's Option Advisor", which has become one of the leading newsletters in the arcane but fascinating world of equity options. He has written numerous books about investing, and his Web site, SchaeffersResearch.com, provides daily market commentary.
Schaeffer is perhaps best known as a prescient market timer.

Jim BittmanFall 2003

James (Jim) Bittman is the author of four books, Options for the Stock Investor 2nd ed., Trading Index Options, Trading and Hedging with Agricultural Futures and Options, and Trading Options Like a Professional. He teaches courses for public and institutional investors, and he has presented custom courses in the U.S. and around the world.
In 1980, Jim began his trading career as an equity options market maker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. From 1983 to 1993, he was a Commodity Options Member of the Chicago Board of Trade where he traded options on financial futures and agricultural futures.
Jim earned a BA, magna cum laude, from Amherst College in 1972 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1974. Jim also teaches in a Masters’ level Program at The University of Illinois in Chicago.

Robert PrechterSpring 2003

Robert R. Prechter, Jr., CMT, is founder and president of Elliott Wave International, the world’s largest independent financial forecasting firm. He has been writing market commentary since 1976. In 1984, Bob set a record in the options division of the U.S. Trading Championship with a real-money trading account. In December 1989, Financial News Network (now CNBC) named him "Guru of the Decade." Bob served for nine years on the national Board of the Market Technicians Association and in 1990-1991 served as its president. During the 1990s, he expanded his firm to provide round-the-clock analysis on global financial markets. Bob has written 13 books on finance, beginning with Elliott Wave Principle in 1978, which predicted a 1920s-style stock market boom.

Sheldon NatenbergFall 2002

Sheldon Natenberg is one of the most sought-after speakers on the topic of option trading and volatility strategies. As a speaker and Director for Chicago Trading Company, Natenberg has helped many of the world’s top institutional investors, mutual fund managers, and brokerage analysts better understand volatility and utilize it in valuing and pricing options of all types. He is the author of Option Volatility and Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques (McGraw-Hill, 1994), widely considered to be the finest book ever written on the subject. First published in 1988, and revised in 1994, the book established Sheldon as one of the world’s most acclaimed authorities on volatility and its impact on pricing and tracing strategies—a reputation he has continued to build ever since. His ongoing success at evaluating and applying option trading strategies ultimately earned him induction into the Trader’s Hall of Fame.

John MurphySpring 2002

John J. Murphy, former technical analyst for CNBC, has over 35 years of market experience, and is author of several best-selling books, including Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets - which is widely regarded as the standard reference in the field. His book Intermarket Technical Analysis created a new branch of technical analysis emphasizing market linkages. Stocks & Commodities Magazine (October 2002) described his intermarket work as "unparalleled". His third book The Visual Investor applies charting principles to sector analysis.

Larry McMillanFall 2001

Larry McMillan has authored two best selling books on options, including
Options As A Strategic Investment, recognized as essential resources for any serious option trader's library. As president of McMillan Analysis Corporation, he authors the "Daily Volume Alerts", and edits and publishes "The Option Strategist", a derivative products newsletter covering equity, index, and futures options. Recognized as an options trading industry expert, serious investors have relied on his insights, observations, and recommendations for years.

Jack SchwagerSpring 2001

Mr. Schwager is a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. He is currently the co-portfolio manager for the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts. Mr. Schwager has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets. He is perhaps most well-known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest hedge fund managers of the last two decades: Market Wizards (1989), The New Market Wizards (1992), and Stock Market Wizards (2001). Mr. Schwager’s first book, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets (1984) is considered to be one of the classic reference works in the field.